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Month: August 2024

African health officials hopeful mpox shots will start within days as WHO says outbreak is ‘not the new Covid’

By Alex Stambaugh, Larry Madowo and Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — African nations could begin vaccinations against mpox within days, according to the continent’s top public health agency, as a World Health Organization official said the spread of a deadlier strain of the virus could be controlled and “was not the new Covid.” The Democratic

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Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths

Associated Press/Report for America ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia gun owners, lawmakers and national advocates have been discussing how to encourage people to secure their firearms. The Senate Safe Firearm Storage Study Committee met for the first time Tuesday. Georgia Sen. Emanuel Jones assured the bipartisan group that his goal was not to restrict gun ownership,

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University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation

Associated Press The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday. The action on the Lexington, Kentucky, campus comes after state lawmakers debated whether to limit diversity, equity and inclusion practices at

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Cowboys receiver Cooks returns to Dallas for personal matter, ending his California camp early

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Cowboys receiver Brandin Cooks returned to Dallas to attend to a personal matter and will miss the final days of training camp in California. “Everything is good,” coach Mike McCarthy said of Cooks before Tuesday’s practice in Oxnard. “It’s a good thing. But he won’t practice today or tomorrow.” Dallas breaks

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Trump campaigns to ‘make America safe again’ as Democratic convention zeroes in on his felony record

Associated Press HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pledged Tuesday to “Make America Safe Again” while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him a career criminal. As part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention, Trump stood alongside sheriff’s

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Argentina revisa y pone en cuarentena barco carguero donde un tripulante presentó síntomas compatibles con viruela del mono

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — Autoridades sanitarias de Argentina activaron un protocolo preventivo para revisar un barco carguero que se dirige al puerto de San Lorenzo, en la provincia de Santa Fe, pues un tripulante presentó síntomas compatibles con la viruela del mono (mpox), informó este martes el Ministerio de Salud del país sudamercano. El resto de

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Oregon man faces federal charges for making hoax bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers across New York

By Jeff Winter, CNN (CNN) — An Oregon man who is accused of targeting several Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats was arrested on federal charges Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with multiple counts of conspiring to make

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Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after one county initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary. The Democratic officials wanted the justices to make clear that counties have no legal

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Nevada Supreme Court declines to wade into flap over certification of election results, for now

Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court declined Tuesday to wade into an electoral controversy despite pleas from the state’s top election official and attorney general after one county initially voted against certifying recount results from the June primary. The Democratic officials wanted the justices to make clear that counties have no legal

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Blinken says Israel has agreed to Gaza withdrawal terms in ‘bridging proposal,’ despite reported comments from Netanyahu

By Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt and Michael Conte, CNN Doha, Qatar (CNN) — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that despite reported comments from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has agreed to withdrawals of IDF forces from Gaza that are laid out in the recent mediators’ proposal to get closer to a ceasefire agreement with

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Gov. Jim Justice tries to halt foreclosure of his West Virginia hotel as he runs for US Senate

Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — U.S. Senate candidate West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is in a mad-dash legal fight to keep a historic hotel at his luxury resort before it’s auctioned off next week due to unpaid debts. An official with the Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board confirmed Tuesday that resort employees received

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Ex-Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane, convicted in connection with George Floyd’s killing, released from federal prison

By Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — Thomas Lane, one of the four former Minneapolis police officers convicted in connection with the killing of George Floyd, was released from federal prison Tuesday, a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson told CNN. Lane, 41, was found guilty in 2022 of violating Floyd’s civil rights when he was fatally restrained

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